Dear all.
I have submitted for the journal's consideration a paper that analyses the exports of a country and its partners using the gravity model. The matrix of this estimation assumes that there is one source country and many destination countries. I have done this before and my papers have been published without problems.
However, the editor of this journal tells me that the gravity model is a multi-country study. Therefore, the data matrix had to contain more than one country of origin and more than one country of destination, otherwise, variables would be omitted and the TRMs would not be adequately controlled for. To substantiate his argument he refers me to the following authors Head, K. and Mayer, T. (2014) and the Handbook of International Economics Vol. 4, eds. Gita Gopinath et al (2016).
I understand that it is traditional for a gravity model to be a multi-country study but I don't think that doing it the way I am doing it means omitting variables and/or not controlling for the MRT.
However, I would like to know your opinion and, above all, if my matrix makes sense, I would like to know how this study can be argued theoretically.
Best!
Carlos.
I have submitted for the journal's consideration a paper that analyses the exports of a country and its partners using the gravity model. The matrix of this estimation assumes that there is one source country and many destination countries. I have done this before and my papers have been published without problems.
However, the editor of this journal tells me that the gravity model is a multi-country study. Therefore, the data matrix had to contain more than one country of origin and more than one country of destination, otherwise, variables would be omitted and the TRMs would not be adequately controlled for. To substantiate his argument he refers me to the following authors Head, K. and Mayer, T. (2014) and the Handbook of International Economics Vol. 4, eds. Gita Gopinath et al (2016).
I understand that it is traditional for a gravity model to be a multi-country study but I don't think that doing it the way I am doing it means omitting variables and/or not controlling for the MRT.
However, I would like to know your opinion and, above all, if my matrix makes sense, I would like to know how this study can be argued theoretically.
Best!
Carlos.
